, Pa v7 Po . . pps . Bou LIMP R riage 0 rly handed round, impressed with a figure of the Child-Saviour. A raise heir volees in such wld favorites as: “CO Come AP Ye Faith if if favorite dish was the frumenty (or fumety), made of creed wheat ful,’ “Silent Night, Holy Night," “Ite Came Upon the Midright 1 2 i Wit ! te 6s " ve a boiled in milk with sugar and nutmeg.” Clear, Luther’ s Cradle Hymn," “Work the Herudd Angels Sing. Por Ba ag i lili AOR HE children of ee “God Rest You Merry Gentlemen,” “O Lictle Town of Bethlehera,” a and “The birst Neel." oF cs our Royal family ' have spe Us ° g WI é T f : eve peat ene ar oly itty. of. Yl 4 ays Then out of one ripening cad ae che Gresiy night the carollers aare ts’ t of ISopp wt ' may lead the xudie vce, which is one ta tate gathered inte the paren ascent oO Fi ores ARABLY linked together are the Yuletide and music. In warmth and glow othe siereh oe: eabi. A program of Christmas TS 28% ati ne throne in a the long ago carollers and troubadours wafted sweet melody on music may be reuderea waitin duces irs wih Renny remain Riven in 4 , * o. . . —. oe . - ‘ “ Vv ae up. he the mid-night air on Christmas Eve. ‘The custom, which has the raemory of those pois ues! teu tle Gana of the com- ” a . . 2 6 % 4 a ; royal nurserics at been fostered through the ages, still brings cheer to the homes of munity'’s soloists anu steers shin oo ater tea ts well as an " Buckingham Palace and Windsor stood Vin as a _. “ empty for many a c See a eee Pee ated aga Pri ed cor ten Ne ott ares iat long day, and until e ® . ad ee 7” ea Qa Princess Mary, Vis- us R countess Lascclles, : presented t heir t foe, Majesties with a grandchild, there were no immediate- ly related babies A CHOICE RANGE: 3 RE RHE REA 8 BP Ea ee DSSS E PEE Eee Ee Oe ee ~ for the King to play , st . Father Christmas to. Christmas Cards It is a mistake, however, to think that children’s parties died i ’ out of the royal residence when the last of our princes grew to man 's EA Chocolates estate. As a matter of fact, all the young members’ of the royal otationery family, from the Prince of Wales downward, have retained a de- Chi Hef UMA lightful attitude toward this childish form of entertainment; and : ; ’ there ‘have always been some schoolroom relatious over whom a - E.P NLS. Wave fuss could be made at this time of year. bl Tatler Good s J Young Master Ramsay, Princess Patricia's son, is now of an = Ci ; . age to appreciate the things which are done for him during the I igarettes and 4 holiday season, and in a year or two, when the tiny Princess Eliza- ee Clears beth. is avle to join Masters Harry and Hubert Lascelles to take in ” the Christmas fun, Master Ramsay will have fine companionship. ' OAT POPULAR PR Ne Indeed, there is every likelihood that Christmas in the royal family ° m ° "LAR PRICES will be far more of a children's feast during the next decade than ; : $ o es 7 ° . ; it has been during the last. ‘ Mink & Bee Te A ; Queen Victoria, guided in this matter by her German consort, NORE Few : ee ; iy AS the night before Pe ° a i WcNE did much to make the English royal Christmas a more impressive YF ES, : ” Ri we Sat 9, and pageant-like affair. It was by her example that the Christmas < Christmas, when all “4 , tree was brought into the land; her idea also to give the boar’s & Sidney Pp harmacy head a leading place in the procession ot festive viands to the dinner N3 through the house & SIDNEY, B.c. — ‘PHONE 42-L wa NSS iE a ; “SA ANICH” BRAND : table. . Vem . The nursery of Qucen Victoria was a large one, and, with so 7 many brothers and sisters to share the fun, one can guess that rather lively scenes were at times enacted, with the young Prince of Wales as ringleader. Queen Victoria inaugurated the custom of letting her children participate in distributing the gifts from a giant Christmas tree to the royal servants every Christmas night. This custom was preserved after her death, and it is still followed: by those members of the royal family who happen to be at home “when Christmas comes round. . ; The favorite in:the nursery, of Queen Alexandra : was: Piinces Maude, now Queen of Norway. Being ‘the youngest of the family, she carried the nursery traditions well on into the old Queen’s reign, “while her father was still Prince of Wales, and.the. present. King, with Princess May (as Queen Mary was then called), set up. house- ._ keeping-at York’ Cottage, Sandringham. “Later when’ Norway was “made a monarchy and:her. husband became.king,: Queen } Maud.con- . -tinued to pay annual visits to her mother, and her-son, Prince Olaf; . > “hada nursery at Buckingham Palace; which was just as permanent ‘ as his nursery at’ Christiania, for he, spent half. his time. there. : His : Christmas pleasures - were shared. “with Prince Eddie and the: other. royal children, and:for many., months he’ would’ treasu his’Christ: S| oys, playing with them'i in the corridors Buckingham. Palac : : ~rvants to, admire: ‘them. He jwas.a 2 RR ER ANS BB ‘Not a.creature was stirring, _ not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by - the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas * ~ 4 s00n, would. be there; _ The children were nestled ~~ all snug in’ their beds, : _ While vi visions sof sugatplums | ploym: t' when’ I Ssons. were.done. _ ployed Princess. ‘Mary. espe all was | trained from:a be ‘expert with her needle, ; dant. disc ‘tears’to flow, there is.no: period that the * ‘young princess énjoyed: more than ‘the months preceding ( Christm: is, 4: -; :She.was allowed:to, sit with her mother. and prepare. little gifts, ‘for’ _ her brothers, her friends and: the attendants. about the court. Queen. : _»Mary‘to this: day: -does a certain amount: of Christmas, work “every. -» autumn, and many a poor mother’ 's baby has been made comfort-. . ~ able bya shawl, a petticoat or some: ‘other warm garment knitted by. the Queen's own hand. : : Princess Mary's favorite’ pastime: ‘consisted of threading beads & oo She developed this: into quite ani elaborate art,-and :many of: her °. do ‘girlhood friends still treasure beautiful necklaces which the Daughter a of the Nation.worked for them. : -All the royal children were ‘extremely: fotid ‘of conjuring efiter- . Y: tainments,. and their grandfather, King Edward, took pleasure in = encouraging this, © If the children were spoilt at.all, the spoiling, : process took place outside their-own home, Invitations: to Christ- mas parties were showered upon them, and, as all their hostesses were anxious to gain the royal favor, they were lavish in their gifts, A luckless conjurer who frequently officiated at these parties, tells of hostesses who expected him to produce from an-ordinary hat a large-sized fully-equipped doll's stove for Princess Mary, a rocking Korse for the Duke of York and many other equally bulky presents, . We usually managed to compromise in the end by camonilaging the objects under a table cover, and drawing them out unexpect- r edly after he had attracted the attention of his audience to some- thing at the other end of the stage Tate Tai Ani ie ND filled all the stockings; . then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose; He sprang to his sleigh, to his. os. team gave a whis tle, And away. “they all flew like | sole certe OA ay ys | ‘the down of a thistle | Wee Sy? Ca) gay kh PCE ee But I heard him exclaim, ere home ‘oh 8 4 he: drove out of . sieht, i POE ve elit 5 AND. P “Happy Christmas to all, and |. an oe, ic a Oe ie nee | ae ” yeas yeaa eyes. aN to all Al good night BANS CASHIN : ot 3 coe Ccment WAG UOTE, ‘Mince Pies, ~ Mince Meats, | Ete. F ish and Chips. on, ery 4 2” a SO Cs5 Iuteresting Picture iu “Story of Che Caral” A N Interesting pleture of ancient Yuletide festivity is presented © in Phe Story of the Caral," written by 2dmonstoune Duneany” “York Cathedral an Chis intinaien ve wie wont te hae decorated with mistletoe, Stickeley sees in this surviving rile of ancient-Dr nidism, when. the mistletoe; ar sacred all-heel’, waa aid on the altars em- “blematically of theadvent of the Messiah, ‘"Phis mistletoe,' says ho, ‘they ent off the trees with their hate hets of Iprassy calted C “alts, ot fixed upon the etaffs that they hore’, : — . ‘York hada similar ceremony, nilgtletne icing set pan : V high : eos onltarg when pardon and, freedam, public and ‘universal Wlierty were ° prockimed at the gates of the city. Flertlds blew the Youlegirth frony the four harrela to the four quarters:ol the. heavens; and every’ ang was welcome for the Twelve Days, no restraint for the, tine A. ee 2 i Demir ersreees yyy ys We oe LEE YW eerie yen omen ener onan ctermempastgaresntt : J Bote Swrhonisa did At ews vis wer a Je woh i stated being set. upon -dicers, carders.and common. and unthrilty _ : folk. At: the sound of the trampet all the people in token of ree” re S re ad se joicing, both in church and at the four gates, cried, Ula! Ula! se peg et sets a" aa pm eet ke, Stee ag fmm, CE ad Pe apedighoe >. | ; With the housea and halls gaily decorated and grear fires pe fe My ‘a kindled on the heartha (one Elizabethan house paid taxes on oA : = . aN Oli hearth fires), Christmas morning dawned brightly on the good souls the sick, the shutedn and the infirm, Community: Cheiatnas trees lia thdh ol be, sying fo Nou fella, Ha set af chimes Pier iy, preparing for the wants of multitudes of Ainsmen, quests and stray are frequently a feature ina downtown ser ion ora rat karen with happen to teh an the Teengelitor havnt, “will prewide a deltehefal “h : : ; ow “ cs . 7 : folle of every deseription, None were auflered to go away empty, the folly of the nelyhberhood gathering around the fir, twlnkhay namber, feed aa The halle were full to overflowing with goodly companies of gontle. with myriads of colored Hghta, singing the old carols, A children’s chorus code eeu cifras of he: Sabetide Me We vhall he wall applied r} fy fatk, yet al room was found for minstrels and. poaaints, who, on Song is aver a feature of the Sunday school and public chao! mugical festiwal jeccrbe ora gait ae dade. an ott Preneds willy tlie lent. that monoy ent, a : this day, dined with the lord of the manor, ve, convertat Christmas, There is ne moreexcellent plain tow) atering earo, Garofce cae mck fay ake Wee kd atin dean ts Wee Iniv'far the ¢ he hitinay: ‘Trader . “Rustic sparta whiled away the tedious hours before the great the Clidatmas spirit that to arrange a commaiity Christmas cane Cree Db? Pr ey Pe Twine inetaneces a 9 “ , vee repast, Hunting owls and squirrels was popular with the rustica. cert. Asa prelude to the evening festive) oy anus tne folk at che Lai vette pce ety ee tote ee ok hsb ory Wy rarer TURKE s 8 UL N ancient Limes even the clergy came booted and ppurted to CUTISUTIEY HOY RaedEE sare. eae rere ene ok El fguce ! soo pore Saf sie ih lea ane meee ri ; Bape ” pues an) aa Mass, with a hawk at. cach. wrist, teady for falconry and tawaring | : — ; , _ ait Meats “ + FOWL ne the moment: Masa was paid and breakfast overs Atthe feast whluh = Bev Gy UBS UES Ae Bea Bo Pe 3 : oo ree rare ai ae ‘ followed the burning of the Yulo-dog, Yule cakes were titroduced, ehh & a yey j mil o . ai VE Re a gg IES 5 coh " at a oer fii) » px Liew (f va : gets , (ey ¥ u an (hfs i" i a ae Mags 30 aS ay ae Me _ Be ; r * ’ vee’ ko tennenate ey: ee incnhns toe Sarnia tee MY Hide REM Rae Ga wl pal ae alate oF